grains

Example Sentences

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The lentils are well-cooked when they are tender — you should be able to press and mash the individual grains between your fingers.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

For the next 49,000 years, the sticky pits captured virtually everything that fell or walked onto them, from grains of pollen borne by the wind to hapless ancient camels and Columbian mammoths.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Over time, tiny dust grains collided and stuck together, eventually forming larger rocky bodies called planetesimals, the building blocks of planets and asteroids.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Traders are removing the risk premium and are also responding to lower crude futures—with oil and grains related due to biofuels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

I run my hands through my locs and feel the grains of sand embedded into my scalp.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold